Cal. FAC § 19312
This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 19312, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.
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(a) Registration shall be made with the department and shall include all of the following:
(1) The applicant’s name and address.
(2) A description of the operations to be performed by the applicant.
(3) The vehicles to be used in the transportation.
(4) A registration fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(5) A list of the names of the drivers employed by the transporter who transport inedible kitchen grease subject to this article and their drivers’ license numbers.
(6) Any other information that may be required by the department.
(b) Any renderer or collection center that registers pursuant to this article is not required to pay the fee prescribed in this section.
(c) The department may refuse to issue an original or renewal registration certificate to an applicant for either of the following reasons:
(1) The existence of the grounds specified in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 19314.
(2) A failure to pay, in full by the established due date, any penalty levied by the department for a previous violation of this article or Article 6 (commencing with Section 19300).
(d) (1) The applicant may appeal the decision of the department to refuse to register the applicant.
(2) The department shall establish procedures for the appeals process, to include a noticed hearing.
(3) The department may reverse a decision to refuse to register the applicant, upon a finding of good cause to do so.
(e) The department shall adopt regulations that specify the maximum time period for which a refusal of registrations may be imposed, based on the severity or the number of violations that are the basis of the department’s action. The time period for the refusal of registration shall not exceed three years from the date the refusal of registration is imposed.
(1) The applicant’s name and address.
(2) A description of the operations to be performed by the applicant.
(3) The vehicles to be used in the transportation.
(4) A registration fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(5) A list of the names of the drivers employed by the transporter who transport inedible kitchen grease subject to this article and their drivers’ license numbers.
(6) Any other information that may be required by the department.
(b) Any renderer or collection center that registers pursuant to this article is not required to pay the fee prescribed in this section.
(c) The department may refuse to issue an original or renewal registration certificate to an applicant for either of the following reasons:
(1) The existence of the grounds specified in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 19314.
(2) A failure to pay, in full by the established due date, any penalty levied by the department for a previous violation of this article or Article 6 (commencing with Section 19300).
(d) (1) The applicant may appeal the decision of the department to refuse to register the applicant.
(2) The department shall establish procedures for the appeals process, to include a noticed hearing.
(3) The department may reverse a decision to refuse to register the applicant, upon a finding of good cause to do so.
(e) The department shall adopt regulations that specify the maximum time period for which a refusal of registrations may be imposed, based on the severity or the number of violations that are the basis of the department’s action. The time period for the refusal of registration shall not exceed three years from the date the refusal of registration is imposed.
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